Since then Mary's Southern Pound Cake recipe has become a "go to" recipe for me. I don't even have to look it up in the index. The book will fall open to the page for me. That's how many times I have made this cake! I've wanted to share it with you before, but we gobble it up so fast I haven't been able to get a picture of it before!

You can serve this cake however you like. It's great with a scoop of ice cream ( Truckin' Man's favorite), with a nice berry sauce, or just a simple glaze. There is no wrong way to serve this.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Prepare bundt pan by greasing, then flouring (be sure to get in all the grooves of your pan). Remove any excess flour. Set pan aside.

In medium bowl, sift flour, baking powder, and salt. In large mixing bowl, beat butter and shortening on medium speed until creamy. Add sugar, half cup at a time, until mixture is fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Add flour mixture, half cup at time, alternating with milk, on low speed. Start and end with flour. Mix until flour and milk are completely incorporated. Add vanilla and orange extract.

Pour batter into prepared pan. Level top of batter with spatula so that it is smooth. Bake for 1 hour 10 minutes or until cake is golden and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake for 20 minutes then turn cake out to wire rack to cool completely.

Yum! I've been thinking about making pound cake to go with my strawberries I've collected this season. I'm not a big fan of angel food cake, so I was thinking of making my own Strawberry Shortcake with pound cake and whipped cream. Do you think you could bake this in a loaf pan instead of a Bundt pan? I still haven't added a Bundt pan to my collection 😳

I love pound cake so much more than angel food! Yes, I do think you could do it in a loaf pan. I can't say the number of cups of batter it makes off the top of my head, but you will probably need to divide it into two loaf pans. If you try it, let me know how it works!

I made this pound cake 2 days ago & it literally gets even better! This may be they perfect recipe. My family prefers pound cakes to any other kind. This one has a wonderful texture & can be sliced in very thin slices too. So glad that I stumbled upon your recipe!